B-
Washington Commanders
The Commanders bet the future on Daniels. The board says B-.
by M$0 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 3 steals
· 2 reaches
After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Commanders committed. Jayden Daniels is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.
Johnson falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. If Rosengarten pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about.
The running back hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 2nd pick they get their guy under center for the next decade. A real need, handled.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Cooper DeJean at pick No. 36 is the proof. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A wild overpay on Kingsley Suamataia in the Round 2 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Bralen Trice at Round 3, Pick 3 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They took Austin Booker at par in slot 78, which is nothing to complain about. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They talked themselves into Roger Rosengarten at No. 100, and the board did not agree. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Ben Sinnott in pick 139. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A clean, defensible pick in the 152nd overall pick with a little surplus value in Tommy Eichenberg. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Circle this one: Cornelius Johnson at Round 7, Pick 2 is a fall that decides a draft. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.